Root: d(a)emon

Meaning: spirit, evil spirit

1. daimon: a good spirit
2. demon: evil spirit
3. pandemonium: a wild uproar
4. demonic: inner spirit or genius
5. demonolater: a person who worships demons

Root: crypto/cryph

Meaning: hidden, covered

1. secret, hidden
2. apocrypha: a doubtful authorship
3. cryptanalysis: interpreting codes, ciphers
4. cryptography: science of ciphers
5. cryptogenic: obscure origin

Context:

1. The minister claimed to drive out demons that possessed people
2. Pandemonium reigned in the senate over the controversial bill
3. His demonic pace must be inspired by satan himself
4. Crossword puzzles are solved using cryptic clues
5. Apocrypha are certain books originally not in Hebrew
6. He subjected the manuscript to cryptanalysis
7. An infiltrator uses cryptographic signals to transmit messages
8. Diseases of unknown origin are cryptogenic diseases

 

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14 Responses to “Vocabulary Flash Card 19”

1. rajesh on April 30th, 2009 5:07 pm

   yes iam indian and very intrest in learning a english

2. AnuVeluri on May 3rd, 2009 5:35 pm

   Dear Rajesh, thanks so much for the interest shown, I request you to stay in tune with our latest additions and blogs.

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3. amit on May 6th, 2009 6:45 am

   hi its amaging

4. AnuVeluri on May 7th, 2009 7:57 am

   Thanks Amit…pls do stay tuned.

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   Anu

5. m.ajmal on May 14th, 2009 6:44 pm

   i wana appear in GRE test but i am sooo weak in english but v.good in maths( 90% – 100%) acheivement.
   i want to improve y english vocabulary.what tips / or what strategies you suggest for me, plz help me. best regards

6. m.ajmal on May 14th, 2009 6:46 pm

   I also need tips for analogy questions

7. AnuVeluri on May 15th, 2009 7:51 am

   Dear Ajmal, pls follow our blogs. There are many Vocabulary development strategies suggested.

   http://learnwordlist.com/blog…that's the link.

   We will also come up with strategies for Analogies shortly.

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   Anu

8. walelign Gulilat on June 16th, 2009 9:11 am

   i want to learn vocablary

9. Rohan on June 30th, 2009 2:35 am

   Here GRE flash cards is started from 9 …..where are other flash cards…like 1,2,3 and so on….i need all the flash cards to learn words for GRE test……can u help me out..

10. AnuVeluri on June 30th, 2009 1:20 pm

    Hi Rohan, all the flash cards are there starting from 1…pls do have a look once again…:-)

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11. Awad Al-Khatib on July 1st, 2009 6:35 pm

    i’d like you to send some situations withtheir suitable responses to me if you don’t mind with my profound thanks.

12. AnuVeluri on July 2nd, 2009 7:52 am

    Dear Awad pls do that..we deeply appreciate student participation.

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13. Sam on October 17th, 2010 3:06 pm

    I agree with Rohan.
    Dear Anu, are we missing something? All I see is the GRE flash cards starting from 20 on the right hand side of the page and 9 to 19 below the page.
    Please Advise.
    Thanks!

14. shipra on October 23rd, 2010 5:37 am

    Sam it is already in our notice and our technical team is working on this.

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